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(LP. RITGHEL' 82; J. STEVER.

TOYVLOGOMOTIVE.

Patentgd Nov. 21, 1882.

WITNESSES INVENTOR am J'W m BY M11 ATTORNE UNITED STATES PATENT @Fnrcn.

CHARLES F. RITGHEL AND JEREMIAH STEVER, OF BRIDGEPORLUON- NECTIOUT, ASSIGNORS, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO S. S. AND G. D. TALLMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TOY LOCOMOTIVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 267,939, dated November 21, 1882,

Application filed September 8, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES F. RITGHEL and JEREMIAH STEVER, both citizens of the United States, and residents of Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Oonnecticut, have invented. new and useful In provements in Toy Locomotives and other Carriages, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention consists of an improved springmotive power for toy carriages, and which is also useful ,for other purposes and it also consists of an improved brake-regulator for the spring power.

The objects are to simplify the power apparatus for toy carriages and lessen the liability of damage to the working parts; also, and especially, to provide a simpler and easier meth- 0d of winding up the spring. The common spring-powers, that wind up with a key applied to the shaft to which the spring is connected, are very hard to wind, and cannot well be managed by young children. These defects are remedied by this invention, as hereinafter more fully described, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a longitudinal sectional elevation of part of a toy locomotive constructed according to ourinvention, and Fig. 2 is adetail.

a We make the shaft 00, to which the inner end of the driving-spring b is attached, to rest immovably in its fastenings c, and we make the outer periphery, d, of the spring-barrel to form a winding-drum, whereon we wind a cord or chain,e,in such direction that by pulling the cord 011' from the drum and revolving it thereby it will coil up the spring and set it in tension for work. When the cord is wound up on the barrel, and while the spring is in an extended condition, we connect it to the driving-axlef of the locomotive or other vehicle or machine to be driven, and by the use of the wheels 9 of said axle for a crank wind up the sprin g and set it in tension for work by windii ,9; the cord off from the drum onto the axle.

When so wound up, set on the floor, and the Theratchet mechanism necessarilyemployed in the common arrangement for holding the spring is dispensed with, because of the ease with which it may be held by the driving wheels until set to work, and .by the direct connection of the spring-barrel with the axle by acord the mechanism is considerably simplified. A train of gears may be used for this connection; but the cord is obviously the simplest and cheapest.

For the regulating-brake to control. the speed of the machine, we propose to use springs to bear on the axle or on collars thereon, and we prefer coiled springs j, arranged, as shown, with one end bearing on the axle and the other end bearing against the body of the vehicle or other suitable part.

Although we have represented a toy locomo tive as the object to which our improved propelling mechanism is applied, we do not limit ourselves to that form of carriage, but may use it for baby-carriages, velocipedes, and other forms of vehicles.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a toy locomotive winding-drum cl, andthe cord 0, said cord bein'gconnected with thewinding-drum d and the d riving-axlef, substantially as described.

2. The spring-barrel d, fitted looselyon the stationary shaft and oontainin g the spring I), having its ends attached respectively tothe stationary shaft and the barrel, and said barrel being a winding-drum, and having the drivs and other carriage, as herein set forth, of a r spring propelling apparatus consisting of the. stationary shaft a, spring b, spring-barrel and set forth, of coiled-spring brakes j, substantially as described.

In Witness whereof we have hereunto signed our names in the presence of two subscribing I 5 witnesses.

CHARLES F. RITOHEL. JEREMIAH STEVER.

Witnesses:

ALFRED B. BEERS, DAVID B. LOCKWOOD. 

